Iran, Russia, Turkey Start Syria Peace Talks in Geneva
Representatives from Iran, Russia, and Turkey are meeting in Geneva on Tuesday to discuss establishing a committee tasked with drafting Syria’s new constitution. Members of the Syrian opposition have also arrived in the Swiss city where officials of the three nations acting as guarantors of a ceasefire in the war-torn country are meeting under the […]
German official reiterates EU’s resolve to preserve JCPOA
German Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office Niels Annen met with the head of the Iranian atomic agency in Norway and reiterated his country and EU’s support for the JCPOA. The meeting between the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi and the German Minister of State at […]
UAE min. mad at Rouhani, Emir of Qatar phone call
The United Arab Emirates Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash has expressed remarks on Monday indicating his anger at the telephone conversation between the President of Iran and the Emir of Qatar. “I do not think that Qatari citizens are satisfied with their government’s support for Houthis or close ties with Tehran, nor […]
Israel charges former minister with spying for Iran
Israel has indicted Gonen Segev, a former energy minister, on suspicion of spying for Iran. According to Reuters, Israel’s Shin Bet internal security service issued a statement on Monday claiming he “was recruited by Iranian intelligence and served as an agent”. Officials in Tehran have not yet reacted to the report. The Shin Bet said […]
Most French Firms ‘won’t be able to stay’ in Iran
Most French companies will find it impossible to continue doing business in Iran after US imposes its new sanctions to the country, said Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire on Tuesday. These companies “won’t be able to stay because they need to be paid for the products they deliver to or build in Iran, and they […]
North Korea’s Kim visiting China Tuesday and Wednesday: state media
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is visiting China on Tuesday and Wednesday, state broadcaster CCTV said, a week after his unprecedented summit with US President Donald Trump. CCTV did not say whether Kim had arrived in Beijing, but security lined the freeway leading to the city’s airport Tuesday morning as authorities prepared for his […]
US-led coalition bombs PMF positions on Iraq-Syria border
Iraqi officials say that US-led fighter jets carried out airstrikes against Popular Mobilizations Forces just across the border with Syria, killing at least 20 PMF troops and wounding dozens more. Iraqi MP Ferdos Awadi said in an interview with Sumeria TV on Monday that the US-led coalition had carried out attacks on Popular Mobilizations Forces […]
Armenia calls for expansion of ties with Iran
Armenian President Armen Sarkissian urged boosting ties with the Islamic Republic of Iran in all fields. In his meeting with Iranian Ambassador to Yerevan late on Sunday, Armenian president placed special emphasis on expanding cooperation between Yerevan and Tehran as well as taking advantage of existing capacities of the two countries in materialization of the […]
Yemeni forces kill 123, capture 160 Saudi-led coalition mercenaries
Saudi and UAE-led coalition have transferred dozens of dead bodies of their mercenaries who were killed on Hudaida battlefield to Aden. Two lorries filled with the bodies of the Saudi and UAE-led coalition mercenaries arrived in the southern port city of Aden on Sunday, according to Yemenipress news website. The bodies belonged to mercenary fighters […]
Merkel faces ultimatum from ally over migrants
Hardliners of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative bloc are poised Monday to give the German leader an ultimatum to tighten asylum rules or risk pitching the country into a political crisis. Three years after her decision to open Germany’s borders to migrants fleeing war in Syria and Iraq and misery elsewhere, Merkel is still struggling to […]